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I made these photographs in February 2007 in the Southern States of the USA, mainly in Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida.

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New Orleans. We were lucky that we could stay with Valerie and her boy-friend Ernest in the French Quarter next to Burbon Street. The whole trip we always slept in our van but it is always nice to get a shower or some warmth in a friend's house.





We came right on the weekend of Mardi Gras - the southern version of Karneval. People throw beads from floats and actually if you catch one you have to show your tits. OF COURSE I was too shy for that but Jacob caught many beads for me - generous as he is!

A lot of quarters are still totally devastated from KATRINA - and deserted. Alhough tourists and inhabitants in New Orleans try to have fun at Burbon street I felt very depressed there. Especially in the well-known 9th ward I was shocked by the devastation and especially the lonelines. We only met very few people that still live there - as you can see in the photographs. As we drove through these areas I had many doubts if this quarter will ever be a lively neighbourhood again.